As Title 42 expired on May 11, officials in Arizona are bracing for what could be a big influx of migrants across the U.S. border with Mexico. The situation in Yuma, however, changed following an initial wave of migrant crossings.
Title 42, a pandemic-era policy that made it harder for migrants to come into the U.S., expired on the night of May 11.to the Associated Press, is the name of an emergency health authority. It’s a holdover from the Trump administration and it began in March 2020. The authority allowed U.S. officials to turn away migrants who came to the U.S.-Mexico border on the grounds of preventing the spread of COVID-19.
But there were no real consequences when someone illegally crossed the border. So migrants were able to try again and again to cross, on the off chance that they would get into the U.S. According to Homeland Security officials and sheriffs in border counties, a predicted 10,000 migrants will cross into the U.S., per day, after Title 42 ends.
"We also get this common concept that we have seen this before, that we have been here before, we know how to do this. That is just simply not the case. Today is far greater than any previous situation in total numbers and in total duration," said Mayor Nicholls.End of Title 42 could stretch group resources
The end of Title 42 could being more migrants to the Valley, and while the two events are not related, Title 42 is ending less than 48 hours after the City of Phoenix began a cleanup process of a homeless encampment area near Downtown Phoenix known as "The Zone."'The Zone': Here's what you should know about Phoenix's cleanup plan for the homeless encampment
"This place is just awesome for me, because there’s not as many people," said Deborah Ramirez. "There is a lot of security and staff walking around. A lot of support."
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